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Opalis Integration Pack for Microsoft System Center Operations Manager (2007) > Objects > Monitor Alert

Monitor Alert
The Monitor Alert object triggers a Policy when new System Center Operations Manager alerts are generated, or when existing System Center Operations Manager alerts are updated, according to filter criteria that you specify.
How it is used
Use the Monitor Alert object to trigger a diagnostic and corrective Policy that responds to critical alerts in your network.
Configuration
To configure the Monitor Alert object you need to know which System Center Operations Manager server you will use and the properties of the alerts that will trigger this object.
Details tab
 
Connection
Click the ellipsis button (...) and select the System Center Operations Manager connection that this object will use.
New alerts
Trigger the Policy when new System Center Operations Manager alerts are created.
Updated alerts
Trigger the Policy when existing System Center Operations Manager alerts are updated.
Filters
The list displays all System Center Operations Manager alert filters that you have configured. To edit or remove a filter, select the item and click Edit or Remove respectively. To add a filter, see the instructions below.
To add a filter:
1.
Click Add. The Add Filter dialog appears.
2.
From the Field drop-down list, select the field that you want to search in.
3.
From the Relation drop-down list, select the type of relation that you want to use in your search.
4.
In the Value field, type or select the value that will be compared to the item that you selected from the Field drop-down list and click OK. The filter is added to the list.
Filter Behavior for the Monitor Alert object
The Monitor Alert object uses filters to determine which properties of an alert will trigger the Policy. Each part of the alert is compared to the values of the filter to determine if they meet the criteria before triggering the Policy. When matching against text fields, the filter allows you to select three different methods of comparison. An option is provided to either match or not match the filter using each method. The following describes how each filter method behaves; the “Does not” version of each method type causes alerts that do not match the filter to trigger the Policy.
Equals – The property of the alert must match the text specified in the filter exactly.
Contains – The property of the alert must contain the exact text specified in the filter. Unlike the Equals behavior, there can be other text surrounding the matching text.
Matches Pattern – Use wildcards to specify a pattern that the text must match. The two wildcard values are the asterisk (*) and the question mark (?). The behavior of the wildcards is similar to the Windows Command Prompt. The asterisk will match any number of characters, while the question mark will only match one character. For example, if you have a filter specified as “a*b”, the pattern would match any text that has an “a” at the beginning and a “b” at the end. So, it will match “aab”, “abbbbbb”, and “abbcb”, but it will not match “ba” or “abba”. Using the question mark, if you have a filter specified as “a?b”, the behavior would be that the pattern will match any text that has an “a” at the beginning, any single character in the middle, and “b” at the end. So this filter will match “a b”, “abb”, and “aqb”, but it will not match “abbb” or “ab”.
Available Published Data
 
Name
Description
AlertCount
The number of monitoring alerts that were found.
Category
The category name of the Management Pack.
Connection
The connection string to the System Center Operations Manager server that you are using.
ConnectorId
The ID of the connector that generated the connection string.
ConnectorStatus
The status of the connector.
Context
The System Center Operations Manager context of the alert.
CustomField1
The value of the 1st custom field.
CustomField2
The value of the 2nd custom field.
CustomField3
The value of the 3rd custom field.
CustomField4
The value of the 4th custom field.
CustomField5
The value of the 5th custom field.
CustomField6
The value of the 6th custom field.
CustomField7
The value of the 7th custom field.
CustomField8
The value of the 8th custom field.
CustomField9
The value of the 9th custom field.
CustomField10
The value of the 10th custom field.
Description
The description of the alert.
Domain
The domain that the alert came from.
Id
The unique ID of the alert.
IsMonitorAlert
Indicates whether the alert is a monitor.
LastModified
The date that the alert was last modified on.
LastModifiedBy
The user that last modified the alert.
LastModifiedByNonConnector
Indicates whether the last modification was performed by a non-connector.
MaintenanceModeLastModified
The time that the monitor’s maintenance mode was last changed.
ManagementGroup
The Management Group that the alert belongs to.
ManagementGroupId
The ID of the Management Group.
MonitoringClassId
The monitoring class ID of the alert.
MonitoringObjectDisplayName
The display name of the System Center Operations Manager monitoring object.
MonitoringObjectFullName
The full name of the System Center Operations Manager monitoring object.
MonitoringObjectHealthState
The health state of the System Center Operations Manager monitoring object.
MonitoringObjectId
The ID of the System Center Operations Manager monitoring object.
MonitoringObjectInMaintenanceMode
Indicates whether the System Center Operations Manager monitoring object is in maintenance mode or not.
MonitoringObjectName
The name of the System Center Operations Manager monitoring object.
MonitoringObjectPath
The path of the System Center Operations Manager monitoring object.
MonitoringRuleId
The ID of the System Center Operations Manager monitoring rule.
Name
The name of the alert.
NetbiosComputerName
The Netbios computer name of the computer where the alert came from.
NetbiosDomainName
The Netbios domain name of the domain where the alert came from.
Owner
The owner of the alert.
Parameters
The parameters of the alert.
PrincipalName
The principal name of the computer that the alert was created for.
Priority
The priority level of the alert.
ProblemId
The problem ID of the alert.
RepeatCount
The number of times that the alert has been repeated.
ResolutionState
The resolution state of the alert.
ResolvedBy
The user that resolved the alert.
Server
The name of the System Center Operations Manager server.
Severity
The severity level of the alert.
SiteName
The site name of the alert.
StateLastModified
The time that the alert state was last changed.
TicketId
The ticket ID of the alert.
TimeAdded
The time that the alert was added to System Center Operations Manager.
TimeRaised
The time that the alert was raised.
TimeResolutionStateLastModified
The time that the resolution state of the alert was last changed.
TimeResolved
The time that the alert was resolved.
Username
The user name that was used to access the System Center Operations Manager server.
Common Published Data

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